A multichannel programmable DSP-based FES system

Author

Lin, Chih-Lung ; Wu, Han-Chang ; Kuan, Yan-Cheng ; Lee, Maw-Huei ; Kuo, Te-Son

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Nat. Taiwan Univ., Taipei, Taiwan

Volume

5

fYear

1997

fDate

1997

Firstpage

1932

Abstract

A low cost, programmable, galvanically isolated bipolar eight channel stimulator for patterned electrical stimulator has been developed. The design is based on a newly developed concept. A TMS320C31 DSP-based stimulator is used to generate a wide range of either arbitrary current waves or biphasic current pulses. The DSP-based stimulator can process the stimulated electromyographic (EMG) signal simultaneously. A user-friendly interface for programming of the stimulator has been developed for the host computer, using Windows environment and a push-button control for functional application of the system

Keywords

biocontrol; biomedical electronics; biomedical equipment; digital signal processing chips; electromyography; medical signal processing; neuromuscular stimulation; TMS320C31 DSP-based stimulator; arbitrary current waves; biphasic current pulses; functional electrical stimulation; galvanically isolated bipolar eight channel stimulator; hardware implementation; low cost system; multichannel programmable DSP-based FES system; patterned electrical stimulator; primary motor cortex; push-button control; software implementation; stimulated EMG signal; user-friendly interface; Computer interfaces; Digital signal processing; Digital signal processors; Electromyography; Hardware; Optical feedback; Power supplies; Pulse generation; Signal processing; Switches;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1997. Proceedings of the 19th Annual International Conference of the IEEE

Conference_Location

Chicago, IL

ISSN

1094-687X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4262-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.1997.758715

Filename

758715